Inquisitor japonicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Inquisitor japonicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Inquisitor
Species:
I. japonicus
Binomial name
Inquisitor japonicus
(Lischke, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavus japonicus (Lischke, 1869)
  • Drillia japonica Lischke, 1869 (original combination)
  • Inquisitor japonicum [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Tylotiella japonica (Lischke, 1869)

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan and in the Yellow Sea.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Inquisitor japonicus (Lischke, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820516 on 2018-10-27
  • Kuroda T, Habe T, Oyama K, 1971. The sea shells of Sagami Bay. Tokyo: Maruzen Co., Ltd.xix+ 714 pp., 121 pls.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
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  • H. Pilsbry (1895), Catalogue of the marine mollusks of Japan
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Baoquan Li 李宝泉 & R.N. Kilburn, Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas; Journal of Natural History 44(11):699-740 · March 2010; DOI: 10.1080/00222930903470086